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The authorization to see the security control room is signed under the company name "Road Movie", which is Wim Wenders' production company.See more »

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Continuity: After Cassiel meets Anton Becker and returns to Angelo's pizzeria, he meets Emit Flesti and Damiel puts his flour stained hands on Flesti's shoulder, leaving a white mark on the black suit. The next time we see Flesti, moments later, there is no white mark.See more »

Quotes:

Emit Flesti:Have you heard the prophecy? "In the Year of Hate, when all that is foreign is despised, dark riders will enter the harbor, seize the ship and everyone on it and sail them straight into hell" Cassiel:I know all prophecy, but not this one. You made it up. Emit Flesti:What's the difference? It just happened.See more »

To enjoy this movie, view it as a poem. It relies on the language of the
heart and asks its viewers to see it as it truly is, through the same myopic
eyes to try and understand a dream. There is the duality of existence we all
face, mirrored through the experience of an angel who falls to earth, who
falls precisely because he can no longer contain himself within the
restrictions of his identity. The central metaphor of this movie is about
the passion, truth and love we are all promised, should we choose to live
life as we were meant. There are the difficulties of trying to live out our
singular purpose, the disappointments of relation, the trials of being part
of something greater than self. In all these, there is also the beauty
inherent, and ultimate understanding. The triumph of beautiful release, when
we realise that all that has gone before is both behind us and a part of
what we are, and the relief of becoming an individual, and understanding and
embracing aspirations gained and lost.

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